Don't use male leafs for ingestion. If you do a closeup on the leaves, the THC that starts forming is in a hook shape. This is actually SUPPOSE to serve as a natural deterrent to predators, these 'hooks' actually upset the stomach, causing diarrhea and the like. The reason there is a difference between this and hash, is because in hash you seperate the small hook from the leaf, its the difference between swallowing a fishing hook, and swallowing a fishing hook tied to a line.

Now, do mail leafs have significant THC before flowering, simple answer, no. There is a trace amount of THC in both male and female before flowering, but drying them out and smoking a joint, unless you have about an ounce of leaves in there, isn't going to do a damn thing, eating them won't do much either aside from upset your belly.

After you flower, can they be used for hash? Yup, then you can use the hash for cooking, or just smoke it.


Had to add that both Male AND Female leaves have these 'hooks'
low_rdr Reviewed by low_rdr on . Not Growing Commercially - is pollination an issue? This forum has been invaluable to me getting the plants to where they are, and I thank you all. But since I'm not planning to sell any of this crop, and am planning to juice most of it (for medicinal reasons)- need I be overly concerned with some of the techniques discussed here, such as males pollinating the females? I know that sensemilla females are the most potent, since the plant doesn't put energy into seed creation. But I'm also not looking for top bang for my buck. My 8 plants are Rating: 5